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"My mother said it was simple to keep a man, you must be a maid in the living room, a cook in the kitchen and a whore in the bedroom. I said I'd hire the other two and take care of the bedroom bit."

"My mother said it was simple to keep a man, you must be a maid in the living room, a cook in the kitchen and a whore in the bedroom. I said I'd hire the other two and take care of the bedroom bit."

Jerry Hall, American Model

Mother, Care, Kitchen, Living

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"I grew up to have my father's looks, my father's speech patterns, my father's posture, my father's opinions, and my mother's contempt for my father."

"I grew up to have my father's looks, my father's speech patterns, my father's posture, my father's opinions, and my mother's contempt for my father."

Jules Feiffer, American Cartoonist

Mother, Father, Contempt, Opinions

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"Proving I'm a good mother is the one achievement I'm most proud of. It's brought out the best in me."

"Proving I'm a good mother is the one achievement I'm most proud of. It's brought out the best in me."

Sheena Easton, Scottish Musician

Mother, Achievement

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"My mother gave lots of good advice and had a lot to say. As you get older, you realize everything she said was true."

"My mother gave lots of good advice and had a lot to say. As you get older, you realize everything she said was true."

Lenny Kravitz, American Musician

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"Obviously Victoria and Mel B have become mothers and there is a part of me that wants to be a mum."

"Obviously Victoria and Mel B have become mothers and there is a part of me that wants to be a mum."

Geri Halliwell, British Musician

Mother, Mothers

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"Yes, my mother was a singer, and my father played piano and keyboards. They were in a band together, though they also had regular jobs because they had kids and stuff like that."

"Yes, my mother was a singer, and my father played piano and keyboards. They were in a band together, though they also had regular jobs because they had kids and stuff like that."

Caroline Corr, Irish Musician

Mother, Father, Jobs, Kids

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"If I were like your mother, I would be a woman."

"If I were like your mother, I would be a woman."

Ryan Stiles, American Actor

30

"I never turned down a mother role."

"I never turned down a mother role."

Dorothy Malone, American Actress

30

"My mother had a beautiful, soothing voice that made me melt."

"My mother had a beautiful, soothing voice that made me melt."

Gloria Estefan, American Musician

30

"Getting caught is the mother of invention."

"Getting caught is the mother of invention."

Robert Byrne, American Celebrity

Mother, Invention

30

"I got a part as a chorus girl in a show called Every Sailor and I had fun doing it. Mother didn't really approve of it, through."

"I got a part as a chorus girl in a show called Every Sailor and I had fun doing it. Mother didn't really approve of it, through."

James Cagney, American Actor

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"We always had chocolates and my mother was careful to make sure they were unwrapped in advance so the paper wouldn't rustle in the middle of a performance."

"We always had chocolates and my mother was careful to make sure they were unwrapped in advance so the paper wouldn't rustle in the middle of a performance."

Penelope Keith, British Actress

Mother, Performance

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"My mother was an artist and highly strung, whereas my father was much calmer."

"My mother was an artist and highly strung, whereas my father was much calmer."

Liza Minnelli, American Actress

Mother, Father, Artist, Liza Minelli

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"My mother told me I was dancing before I was born. She could feel my toes tapping wildly inside her for months."

"My mother told me I was dancing before I was born. She could feel my toes tapping wildly inside her for months."

Ginger Rogers, American Actress

Mother, Dancing, Months

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"I didn't want to do anything my mother wanted me to do so surely I wasn't going to sing for her."

"I didn't want to do anything my mother wanted me to do so surely I wasn't going to sing for her."

Linda Lavin, American Actress

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"I would write plays for my grandmother, who was stone deaf, my mother and the dog, that was our audience."

"I would write plays for my grandmother, who was stone deaf, my mother and the dog, that was our audience."

Jayne Meadows, American Actress

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"Being a housewife and a mother is the biggest job in the world, but if it doesn't interest you, don't do it - I would have made a terrible mother."

"Being a housewife and a mother is the biggest job in the world, but if it doesn't interest you, don't do it - I would have made a terrible mother."

Katharine Hepburn, American Actress

Mother, Being, Housewife, Interest

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"I was eating in a Chinese restaurant downtown. There was a dish called Mother and Child Reunion. It's chicken and eggs. And I said, I gotta use that one."

"I was eating in a Chinese restaurant downtown. There was a dish called Mother and Child Reunion. It's chicken and eggs. And I said, I gotta use that one."

Paul Simon, American Musician

29

"I couldn't even go to the bathroom alone. My mother or a social worker always went with me."

"I couldn't even go to the bathroom alone. My mother or a social worker always went with me."

Natalie Wood, American Actress

29

"Somehow, the things my mother wanted to do, the release in evangelism she sought with such frenzy, were transferred to me."

"Somehow, the things my mother wanted to do, the release in evangelism she sought with such frenzy, were transferred to me."

Ethel Waters, American Musician

29

"My mother should have been Jewish. She could have taught a class on how to induce guilt."

"My mother should have been Jewish. She could have taught a class on how to induce guilt."

Lorna Luft, American Actress

Mother, Class, Guilt

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"When I was about five or seven years old my mother was placed in a mental institution and so we were with our father who worked very hard, and we had to figure a lot of things out."

"When I was about five or seven years old my mother was placed in a mental institution and so we were with our father who worked very hard, and we had to figure a lot of things out."

Quincy Jones, American Musician

Mother, Father, Old, Years

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"My mother gets all mad at me if I stay in a hotel. I'm 31-years-old, and I don't want to sleep on a sleeping bag down in the basement. It's humiliating."

"My mother gets all mad at me if I stay in a hotel. I'm 31-years-old, and I don't want to sleep on a sleeping bag down in the basement. It's humiliating."

Ben Affleck, American Actor

Mother, Sleep, Want

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"When I was a child I thought I saw an angel. It had wings and kinda looked like my sister. I opened the door so some light could come into the room, and it sort of faded away. My mother said it was probably my Guardian Angel."

"When I was a child I thought I saw an angel. It had wings and kinda looked like my sister. I opened the door so some light could come into the room, and it sort of faded away. My mother said it was probably my Guardian Angel."

Denzel Washington, American Actor

Mother, Sister, Thought, Light

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"My mother loved the Bible."

"My mother loved the Bible."

Goldie Hawn, American Actress

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"My mother would give my brothers and me a pile of catalogues and let us pick what we wanted for Christmas."

"My mother would give my brothers and me a pile of catalogues and let us pick what we wanted for Christmas."

Kary Mullis, American Scientist

Mother, Brothers, Christmas

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"My mother is a walking miracle."

"My mother is a walking miracle."

Leonardo DiCaprio, American Actor

Mother, Walking

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"My mother came from St. Thomas. I heard that melody and all I did was actually adapt it. I made my adaptation of sort of an island traditional melody. It did become sort of my trademark tune."

"My mother came from St. Thomas. I heard that melody and all I did was actually adapt it. I made my adaptation of sort of an island traditional melody. It did become sort of my trademark tune."

Sonny Rollins, American Musician

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"I don't know how Frank presented the old Mothers, since I never read the book. There might be some opinions on what he said, but I - or anyone else - could not make any corrections to anything Frank did."

"I don't know how Frank presented the old Mothers, since I never read the book. There might be some opinions on what he said, but I - or anyone else - could not make any corrections to anything Frank did."

Jimmy Carl Black, American Musician

Mother, Mothers, Old, Opinions

28

"His mother should have thrown him out and kept the stork."

"His mother should have thrown him out and kept the stork."

Mae West, American Actress

28

"My mother would not talk to me for weeks, would not stay under my roof for as long as I was married to Oleg."

"My mother would not talk to me for weeks, would not stay under my roof for as long as I was married to Oleg."

Gene Tierney, American Actress

28

"I kind of like the position of being the fair-haired savior of my mother."

"I kind of like the position of being the fair-haired savior of my mother."

Patty Duke, American Actress

27

"Like, my mother would have company over, and I would sing so they'd pay attention to me."

"Like, my mother would have company over, and I would sing so they'd pay attention to me."

Little Richard, American Musician

Mother, Attention, Company

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"I wasn't really aware that my father was working for quite a while. I thought it was my mother who had all the money!"

"I wasn't really aware that my father was working for quite a while. I thought it was my mother who had all the money!"

Peter Fonda, American Actor

Mother, Father, Thought

27

"Who deserves more credit than the wife of a coal miner? Mother was one."

"Who deserves more credit than the wife of a coal miner? Mother was one."

Merle Travis, American Musician

Mother, Wife, Credit

27

"When a woman gives birth to a child, the child needs to be able to digest the mother's milk; but when this child is old enough to begin to eat other foods, there is some switching off of this ability to consume milk."

"When a woman gives birth to a child, the child needs to be able to digest the mother's milk; but when this child is old enough to begin to eat other foods, there is some switching off of this ability to consume milk."

Marvin Harris, American Scientist

Mother, Ability, Needs, Old

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"These same people seem to forget that mother also took a lot of chances with the type of roles she played."

"These same people seem to forget that mother also took a lot of chances with the type of roles she played."

Isabella Rossellini, Italian Actress

Mother, People, Forget

27

"A mother becomes a true grandmother the day she stops noticing the terrible things her children do because she is so enchanted with the wonderful things her grandchildren do."

"A mother becomes a true grandmother the day she stops noticing the terrible things her children do because she is so enchanted with the wonderful things her grandchildren do."

Lois Wyse, American Advertising Executive

Mother, Children, Day

27

"My father is Swedish and my mother is French."

"My father is Swedish and my mother is French."

Eva Green, French Actress

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"The English was really my mother, it was never me. Being the daughter of my father, I always felt very French."

"The English was really my mother, it was never me. Being the daughter of my father, I always felt very French."

Charlotte Gainsbourg, French Actress

Mother, Father, Daughter, Being

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"You know, I don't play the race card a lot. I'm half-black, half-white, and I'm proud of - my skin is brown. The world sees me as a black man, but my mother didn't raise me as a black man. She didn't raise me as a white guy."

"You know, I don't play the race card a lot. I'm half-black, half-white, and I'm proud of - my skin is brown. The world sees me as a black man, but my mother didn't raise me as a black man. She didn't raise me as a white guy."

Shemar Moore, American Actor

Mother, Man, Play, Race

26

"My mother taught me to treat a lady respectfully."

"My mother taught me to treat a lady respectfully."

Chris Brown, American Musician

26

"I got nothing. I got my shoes and my pants. I'm staying with a friend. I stop by my mother's every once in a while to get my calls. I don't want to be anywhere anybody can find me."

"I got nothing. I got my shoes and my pants. I'm staying with a friend. I stop by my mother's every once in a while to get my calls. I don't want to be anywhere anybody can find me."

Marc Wallice, American Actor

Mother, Friend, Nothing, Want

26

"I was born in Norway, and when I was little I went to live in Detroit, Michigan. My father was a professor of philosophy at Wayne University, and my mother was also a teacher."

"I was born in Norway, and when I was little I went to live in Detroit, Michigan. My father was a professor of philosophy at Wayne University, and my mother was also a teacher."

Marta Kristen, American Actress

Mother, Father, Philosophy, University

26

"You do stand alone sometimes. But my mother stood by me through all this."

"You do stand alone sometimes. But my mother stood by me through all this."

Morris Dees, American Lawyer

26

"My father had all kinds of instruments in the house that he would hide from my mother. He bought them through mail order!"

"My father had all kinds of instruments in the house that he would hide from my mother. He bought them through mail order!"

Cassandra Wilson, American Musician

Mother, Father, Mail

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"My mother is looking forward to it even more than me! I'll be showing her the bright lights of New York."

"My mother is looking forward to it even more than me! I'll be showing her the bright lights of New York."

Tom Felton, English Actor

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"I think a lot of the Mothers stuff that we recorded was written while we were on the road."

"I think a lot of the Mothers stuff that we recorded was written while we were on the road."

Jimmy Carl Black, American Musician

Mother, Mothers, Road

26

"Liza is in the tabloids almost as much as our mother was. She has struggled with her own ghosts and shadows."

"Liza is in the tabloids almost as much as our mother was. She has struggled with her own ghosts and shadows."

Lorna Luft, American Actress

Mother, Shadows

26

"I started in London, as a kid. My mother knew I had sort of an inbred talent. She was an actress, so I inherited it from her. But I think I got a lot of it from my grandfather, who was a great politician."

"I started in London, as a kid. My mother knew I had sort of an inbred talent. She was an actress, so I inherited it from her. But I think I got a lot of it from my grandfather, who was a great politician."

Angela Lansbury, American Actress

Mother, Talent, London

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